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How do I save stored passwords so I can reinstall my computer

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cor-el replied 13 years ago
ceejay3101
ceejay3101

I need to reinstall my computer and store my passwords in firefox, how can I save these on an external hard drive or elsewhere to use when I have reinstalled>

I need to reinstall my computer and store my passwords in firefox, how can I save these on an external hard drive or elsewhere to use when I have reinstalled>

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Michael Verdi
Michael Verdi

For that you'll want to back up your Firefox profile folder to the external hard drive and then restore it after you've reinstalled things on your computer. You can find instructions in this article - Manually back up and restore Firefox profile data

ceejay3101
ceejay3101 Question owner

Thank you much appreciated

cor-el
cor-el
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Note that you need the signons.sq;lite file and the key3.db file to restore the passwords.
The latter stores the encryption key including the master password.